The Top 5 Sports Stories On 600 ESPN El Paso [Links]

What will be the long term effect of Tuesday’s 5-3 vote by City Council to approve $52.8 million in bonds to finance the new downtown ballpark? When the Council first approved $50 million to allocate for the stadium last summer, many people felt the amount would cover all of its construction costs. However, when City Council was told about the additional $10 million to cover additional expenses, they balked at adding to the large tab. Forget about the street and sidewalk work around the stadium, or a party pavilion for families, or a bar and restaurant. Those amenities would give a first class touch to the new downtown ballpark, but City Council was not willing to cover the extra cost.

While the experts are in panic mode debating wether or not the Heat will lose the series, check out this funny video that depicts Lebron James as the most dominant physical specimen in the NBA not exactly being physically dominant.

You might say that Omar Quintanilla is the best insurance policy the New York Mets have. When injuries to starting shortstop Ruben Tejada and reserve infielder Ronny Cedeno forced the Mets to call up the Socorro High School star last year, he immediately started producing in their absence. This year it’s the same story. Quintanilla was summoned back to the big leagues Thursday after the Mets placed Tejada on the DL with a strained right quadriceps injury. In almost a replay of last season, the El Pasoan has once again produced offensively New York

Yesterday’s Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new downtown ballpark featured a 94-second video produced by Common Peoples. In case you were not one of the lucky few who was in attendance for the ceremony, here is the video.

The staff at SB Nation’s BloggingTheBoys.com have discovered exactly how the Dallas Cowboys had their2013 NFL Draft board stacked up. Thanks to a couple of still images of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones taken inside his War Room, BloggingTheBoys were able to see all the names of players and the rounds they were ranked by Dallas.